DONE!

I finished my course today. YIPEE. I have spent our first few weeks in Dubai locked in our apartment writing my final paper. This paper involved a description and deconstruction of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy as well as my personal views on the subject. Good times. 

Today I had to choose 2 posts from my online weekly discussion forum and provide a rationale as to why I'm awesome. Where does one start?

Anyway, now on to the good stuff....PICTURES. 

First up our rental car. 

Just kidding, here is our real rental car - a rockin' honda CRV

Now on to the Dubai World Cup. This is an annual event in Dubai and boy is in an EVENT.

People go nuts with fashion and booze. There is a "best dressed" competition for women and couples. The winners get ~$5000 worth of prizes. It is really all about the hats...yes I wore one. 

The horse races themselves were very exciting. This race doles out the  most prize money in the world. Of course, it's Dubai - land of the biggest, best, tallest, longest, most expensive you name it.  The winner of the 7th race won 3.6 million dollars. It was an american horse (horse of the year in 2007) named Cullin. What a race!  Here are some shots great hats/head gear as well as the races.